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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS Thursday, April 7, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Pro Golf Watson 1RZDIDYRULWH'D\RQFHWKRXJKWRITXLWWLQJDW0DVWHUV prepares IRU¿QDO round at Augusta By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jason Day was lurking just outside Augusta National Golf Club, wondering if he wanted to go in. The game just wasn’t fun anymore. Even though he was set WR SOD\ LQ KLV ¿UVW 0DVWHUV LQ 2011, Day thought it might be time to do something else. “Golf is a very, very frus- trating game,” Day recalled. Whether he was really serious about quitting, no one will ever really know. Certainly, it’s not a consider- ation these days. As the 28-year-old Aussie prepares to tee off in the 0DVWHUV IRU WKH VL[WK WLPH Thursday, he’s ranked No. 1 in the world and coming off KLV ¿UVW PDMRU FKDPSLRQVKLS one of the favorites along with defending champion Jordan Spieth and four-time major ZLQQHU5RU\0F,OUR\ ³, IHHO FRPIRUWDEOH DURXQG WKLVFRXUVH´'D\VDLG³,NQRZ LWVHWVXSZHOOIRUPH,W¶VDJROI FRXUVH ZKHUH , FDQ FRPSHWH and play well and win.” Working against Day: the last top-ranked player to win at Augusta was Tiger Woods in 2002. ,QGHHG WKLV PLJKW EH WKH PRVWZLGHRSHQ0DVWHUVVLQFH the pre-Tiger days. 6SLHWK FDSWXUHG WKH ¿UVW two majors of 2015 and nearly ZRQWKHRWKHUWZR0F,OUR\LV PLVVLQJRQO\WKH0DVWHUVIURP a career Grand Slam. Day and 0DVWHUVFKDPSLRQ$GDP Scott are both two-time winners on the PGA Tour this year. Two RWKHU0DVWHUVFKDPSV%XEED Watson and Charl Schwartzel, also have victories in 2016. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Jason Day, of Australia, hits out of a bunker on the sixth hole during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. So does rising Japanese star +LGHNL 0DWVX\DPD DQG OHW¶V QRW IRUJHW 3KLO 0LFNHOVRQ D WKUHHWLPH0DVWHUVZLQQHUDQG hardly ready to fade away at age 45. “There’s a lot of guys who have a lot of success here that really brought some strong ¿QLVKHV DQG PRWLYDWLRQ DQG some momentum into this week,” said Spieth, who tied IRUVHFRQGLQKLV0DVWHUVGHEXW in 2014 before cruising to victory with an 18-under score D \HDU DJR ³, NQRZ WKDW WKH people who are down maybe DIHZ²WKUHHIRXU¿YHVKRWV DIWHUWKH¿UVWFRXSOHRIURXQGV — are capable of making up a lot of ground here.” Coming off one of the greatest years in golf history, Spieth isn’t even rated the favorite. That would be Day. “He can be the favorite,” Spieth said with a shrug. “We’ll go ahead and just do our thing.” Day hardly felt like the PDQWREHDWEHIRUHWKH0DVWHUV ¿YH\HDUVDJR ,Q IDFW KH KDG WRWDOO\ ORVW his love for the game. “You have to perform, because if you don’t perform, then you’re off the tour,” Day said. “Then you start stressing about, ‘OK, is there enough money up to get my card for QH[W\HDU¶$QGWKHQ\RXVWDUW ORVLQJDOLWWOHELWRIFRQ¿GHQFH Then you start getting frus- trated out there, and then you don’t practice because you’re frustrated with how you’re playing, and it’s a downward spiral from there.” 5LJKWEHIRUHWKH0DVWHUVLW almost came to a head during a meeting with his wife, his agent and his sports psychologist. ³,¶POLNHµ,MXVWGRQRWOLNH WKH JDPH ULJKW QRZ ,¶P MXVW having a very, very hard time picking up the golf club to even just enjoy myself out there,”’ 'D\VDLG³%XWZHFDPHWRWKH conclusion of just going and saying, ‘This might be my last 0DVWHUVHYHUSOD\LQJ,PD\DV well enjoy it.’ “So,” he added, with a VPLOH ³, ZHQW RXW WKHUH DQG ¿QLVKHGVHFRQG´ 6R PXFK IRU ¿QGLQJ another line of work. Day followed up with a third-place showing in 2013. Now, having romped to victory at last year’s PGA Championship, he’s rounded RXWJROI¶VQHZ%LJ7KUHHZLWK 0F,OUR\DQG6SLHWK 0F,OUR\ZKRORRNHGWREH in a league of his own just two summers ago, is now chasing the others. That, of course, is a bit annoying for the 26-year-old IURP1RUWKHUQ,UHODQG ³,¶GEHO\LQJLI,VDLGWKRVH two guys having success GRHVQ¶WPRWLYDWHPH´0F,OUR\ VDLG ³, GRQ¶W ZDQW WR EH OHIW EHKLQG , ZDQW WR EH SDUW RI WKDWFRQYHUVDWLRQ,¶PFOLQJLQJ on at the moment. A few wins will change that.” +H¶VQRWODFNLQJIRUFRQ¿- dence at Augusta National, a place where he took a four- VWURNHOHDGWRWKH¿QDOURXQGLQ 2011 only to throw it all away ZLWKDFORVLQJ+H¶V¿QLVKHG in the top 10 the last two years but hasn’t really been a serious FRQWHQGHUOHDYLQJWKH0DVWHUV as the only major absent from his resume. ³7KLV LV RQH , ZLVK , KDG FDXJKW HDUOLHU´ 0F,OUR\ showing the impatience of youth. “You would think that WKLVLVDJROIFRXUVHWKDW,FDQ GH¿QLWHO\ZLQRQ,NQRZWKDW , MXVW KDYHQ¶W TXLWH EHHQ DEOH to get myself over the hurdle.” 2QO\ ¿YH SOD\HUV KDYH captured the modern version of the Grand Slam. 0F,OUR\LVHDJHUWRMRLQWKH H[FOXVLYHFOXE²WKHsooner, the better. ³,IHHOOLNH,¶YHJRWHYHU\- WKLQJ , QHHG WR EHFRPH D 0DVWHUV FKDPSLRQ´ KH VDLG ³%XW , WKLQN HDFK DQG HYHU\ \HDUWKDWSDVVHVWKDW,GRQ¶WLW will become increasingly more GLI¿FXOW 6R WKHUH¶V QR WLPH like the present to get it done.” By JIM LITKE Associated Press Tom Watson’s to-do list DWWKH0DVWHUVKDVFKDQJHG plenty over four decades, but it usually ended with the same goal: a major championship. On the eve of his last competitive go-round at Augusta National, the 66-year-old, two-time winner ¿QDOO\DFNQRZOHGJHGDPXFK more modest plan. “This is a lot like when , ¿UVW MRLQHG WKH WRXU´ :DWVRQVDLG³LQWKDWDOO,¶P trying to do is make the cut. “That’s not enough,” he added a moment later, “so it’s time to say, ‘Adios.”’ Watson concedes he doesn’t have the length for Augusta, even though he was competitive enough on the hard links courses across the Atlantic to contend for a %ULWLVK2SHQWLWOHLQ %XW KH VDLG KLV JRRG- byes to the galleries at St. Andrews last and while he plans to return to Augusta for the Champions Dinner, and could likely be convinced to join Nicklaus and Gary Player for the ceremonial starters’ tee shots, this will be his last tour as a member RIWKH¿HOG Watson opened with a 71 last year, but followed it with an 81 and failed to unseat Tommy Aaron, who was 63 in 2000, as the oldest player to make the cut. SCOREBOARD Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin (DH), 1 p.m. Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Pendleton at La Grande, 4 p.m. Friday Hermiston at Parkrose, 4 p.m. Saturday Weston-McEwen vs. Dufur (DH), 11 a.m. Mac-Hi vs. Ontario (DH), Noon Stanfield vs. Burns (DH), 2 p.m. Umatilla at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Pilot Rock vs. Sherman, 4 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Pendleton at La Grande, 4 p.m. Friday Echo vs. Burns, 2 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Echo, 11 a.m. Mac-Hi vs. Ontario (DH), Noon Umatilla at Vale (DH), Noon Weston-McEwen at Riverside (DH), 1 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Friday Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen, Irrigon, Ione, Echo, Stanfield at Umatilla, Noon Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Oregon City, 10 a.m. Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Helix, Echo at Stanfield Invite, 11 a.m. Ione at Burns, Noon PREP GOLF Friday Heppner at John Day GC, 11 a.m. PREP TENNIS Today Umatilla at Riverside, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen vs. Helix, 4 p.m. Friday Helix at Riverside, 4 p.m. Ione at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Stanfield at Sherman, 2 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Friday Hermiston vs. Lincoln, 5:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday COLLEGE SOFTBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Carroll (DH), 2/4 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Great Falls (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain (DH), 2/4 p.m. Sunday Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct y-Toronto 52 25 .675 x-Boston 46 32 .590 New York 31 48 .392 Brooklyn 21 57 .269 Philadelphia 10 68 .128 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Atlanta 46 32 .590 x-Miami 45 32 .584 x-Charlotte 45 33 .577 Washington 38 40 .487 Orlando 33 45 .423 Central Division W L Pct y-Cleveland 56 23 .709 Indiana 42 36 .538 Detroit 42 37 .532 Chicago 39 39 .500 Milwaukee 32 46 .410 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct y-San Antonio 65 12 .844 Memphis 42 36 .538 Dallas 40 38 .513 Houston 38 40 .487 New Orleans 29 49 .372 Northwest Division W L Pct y-Oklahoma City 54 25 .684 x-Portland 43 37 .538 Utah 39 39 .500 Denver 32 47 .405 Minnesota 26 52 .333 Paciﬁc Division W L Pct GB — 6½ 22 31½ 42½ GB — ½ 1 8 13 GB — 13½ 14 16½ 23½ GB — 23½ 25½ 27½ 36½ GB — 11½ 14½ 22 27½ GB y-Golden State x-L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers 69 50 31 20 16 9 28 47 58 62 .885 .641 .397 .256 .205 — 19 38 49 53 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Wednesday’s Games Indiana 123, Cleveland 109 Detroit 108, Orlando 104 Washington 121, Brooklyn 103 Boston 104, New Orleans 97 Charlotte 111, New York 97 Dallas 88, Houston 86 Portland 120, Oklahoma City 115 L.A. Clippers 91, L.A. Lakers 81 Today’s Games Phoenix at Houston, 5 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 5 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts y-Florida 80 46 25 9 101 x-Tampa Bay 80 45 30 5 95 Detroit 80 41 28 11 93 Boston 80 41 30 9 91 Ottawa 80 36 35 9 81 Buffalo 80 34 35 11 79 Montreal 80 36 38 6 78 Toronto 80 28 41 11 67 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts z-Washington 79 55 17 7 117 x-Pittsburgh 80 47 25 8 102 x-N.Y. Rangers 80 45 26 9 99 x-N.Y. Islanders 79 44 26 9 97 Philadelphia 79 39 27 13 91 Carolina 80 35 29 16 86 New Jersey 80 37 35 8 82 Columbus 80 32 40 8 72 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts x-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 x-St. Louis 80 48 23 9 105 x-Chicago 80 47 26 7 101 x-Nashville 80 40 26 14 94 x-Minnesota 81 38 32 11 87 GF GA 233 198 221 194 207 216 234 222 227 245 196 215 212 232 193 238 GF GA 244 186 240 197 232 211 223 206 203 211 194 217 177 203 210 247 GF GA 260 226 221 195 230 202 223 210 215 204 Colorado 80 39 Winnipeg 80 33 Paciﬁc Division GP W x-Anaheim 79 44 x-Los Angeles 80 47 x-San Jose 80 45 Arizona 80 35 Calgary 80 33 Vancouver 80 30 Edmonton 81 31 37 39 4 82 211 231 8 74 206 232 L OT Pts GF GA 24 11 99 210 187 28 5 99 220 190 29 6 96 236 205 38 7 77 207 241 40 7 73 222 256 37 13 73 184 233 43 7 69 200 241 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— Wednesday’s Games Columbus 5, Toronto 1 Edmonton 6, Vancouver 2 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0 Today’s Games Detroit at Boston, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 4 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 4 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 2 Boston 1 New York 1 Central Division W Detroit 2 Chicago 2 Cleveland 1 Kansas City 1 Minnesota 0 West Division W L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 1 .500 1 1 .500 1 L Pct GB 0 1.000 — 1 .667 ½ 1 .500 1 1 .500 1 2 .000 2 L Pct GB Seattle 2 1 .667 — Houston 1 1 .500 ½ Oakland 1 2 .333 1 Texas 1 2 .333 1 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 1½ NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 2 0 1.000 — New York 1 1 .500 1 Atlanta 0 2 .000 2 Miami 0 2 .000 2 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 3 0 1.000 — Chicago 2 0 1.000 ½ Cincinnati 2 0 1.000 ½ Milwaukee 1 2 .333 2 St. Louis 0 3 .000 3 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 3 0 1.000 — Colorado 2 1 .667 1 San Francisco 2 1 .667 1 Arizona 1 2 .333 2 San Diego 0 3 .000 3 ——— AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Seattle 9, Texas 5 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 6 N.Y. Yankees 16, Houston 6 Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Today’s Games Chicago White Sox (Latos 0-0) at Oakland (Graveman 0-0), 12:35 p.m. Houston (Fiers 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eoval- di 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Kelly 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 3:10 p.m. Minnesota (Hughes 0-0) at Baltimore (Jimenez 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Holland 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Santia- go 0-0), 7:05 p.m. ——— NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 0 Today’s Games Philadelphia (Morton 0-0) at Cincinnati (Stephenson 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Miami (Conley 0-0) at Washington (Roark 0-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 0-0) at San Francis- co (Peavy 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lackey 0-0) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 0-0), 6:40 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Orlando City 2 0 2 8 8 4 Montreal 2 2 0 6 6 5 Philadelphia 2 2 0 6 5 4 New England 1 1 3 6 5 7 NY City FC 1 1 2 5 7 7 Chicago 1 1 2 5 5 5 Toronto FC 1 2 1 4 4 4 New York 1 3 0 3 4 9 D.C. United 0 2 3 3 3 9 Columbus 0 2 2 2 3 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 3 1 1 10 8 6 Sporting K.C. 3 1 0 9 5 3 Real Salt Lake 2 0 2 8 8 6 Los Angeles 2 1 1 7 7 3 Colorado 2 1 1 7 3 2 Vancouver 2 2 1 7 6 6 San Jose 2 1 1 7 5 5 Houston 1 2 1 4 11 8 Portland 1 2 1 4 6 9 Seattle 1 3 0 3 3 5 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Games Orlando City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto FC at New England, 1 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 1 p.m. Vancouver at D.C. United, 2:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at New York, 4 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m. Chicago at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. CLASSIFIED M ARK ETPL A C E Pla ce cla ssified a d s on lin e a t w w w.ea storeg on m a rketp la ce.com or ca ll 5 4 1-278-26 78 Lost & Found 5 LOST Blonde shorthair Chihuahua mix. Alergic to dog food. Lost 4/2/16 at Hermiston Walmart. Reward. 360-281-9551 LOST NECKLACE Very Sentimental Heart shape pendant with Mother of Pearl center. 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Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669- 9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. FOR SALE 3 Bed/1.5 Bath 2022 Sq ft, Fully Updated and Move in Ready! Open House on Sunday 4/3 11am-2pm 1255 NW Horn Ave, Pendleton Call Kathryn 541-310-9393 Homes for Sale, Pendleton 100 Homes for Sale, Pendleton 100 Pendleton $177,900 - GREAT LOCATION!! 4 bedrooms, 3 bath located near new hospital, lab, school & restaurants. Hardwood floors, dining area, large carpeted family room addition. Newer roof, AC etc. Covered patio, fenced yard. MLS#15032837 CALL:MARGE LAPP Pendleton Southgate Realty (541) 276-1957 Pendleton $119,900 - NEWER 3 bedroom, 2 bath in semi-private setting. Relax on your deck enjoying beautiful flowering gardens and hilly views. Build a shop on adjacent lot. Call Matt Vogler, MLS: 1545046 John J. 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